Press Room

MHR-80 Book Launch

Book Launch Event

5:30 pm Friday, December 16

The Hyde Collection's release of
its commemorative-edition catalogue at a Book
Launch Event has been rescheduled to 5:30 pm Friday, December
16. The Museum continues its celebration of the eightieth annual
exhibition by Artists of
the Mohawk-Hudson Region (MHR) with the release of the
186-page full-color book. Please join us to meet the artists whose work is
included in this long-standing juried show of Contemporary art and have your
book signed by juror and curator Michael Oatman.

The catalogue features essays by
Oatman and Hyde Director Erin Coe, a complete exhibition checklist, images of MHR artwork, and an
ephemeral timeline documenting the show's eight-decade history. Each
artist's work is featured alongside notes capturing Oatman's original reaction.

Oatman is a Troy-based artist and
professor in the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
who, with Coe, re-envisioned MHR,
the longest-running juried regional show in the United States. The exhibition
features works by 106 artists, displayed in three of the Museum's galleries, on
its grounds, and — for the first time ever — in historic Hyde House.

MHR is
a regional show in which artists living within 100 miles of the Capital Region
and Glens Falls are invited to submit works.

ADMISSION includes
a catalogue specially priced for the
Book Launch Event at $25. Additional copies of the book are
available for $30. Those who do not wish to purchase a book can attend for the
Museum's regular admission price of $15 (free for members). Exhibiting artists
will be admitted free and will receive one complimentary copy of the catalogue.